Features

Work has taken me to most parts of Japan, with stories like this feature on the Michinoku Coastal Trail for the BBC, coverage of bull sumo in the remote Oki Islands for Roads & Kingdoms, and a decade of articles for National Geographic, including this NATJA Gold Award-winning feature on the cultural legacies of the old Tokaido road. I also write features on other aspects of Japan, such as this long-form piece for Narratively/Smithsonian about the island of Dejima during Japan’s isolationist era – a cultural melting pot rife with scandal and intrigue.

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